Robbins v. Martin

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Watkins, J.

The plaintiff seeks the cancellation of a conventional *489sale of a tract of land made to him by the defendants, on the ground that he has been evicted from a portion thereof which is of such consequence relatively to the whole thát he would not have purchased it without the part from which he has been evicted.

Defendants being absentees were cited through a curator ad hoc, who first tendered several peremptory exceptions, viz: (1) No cause of action; (2) Prescription of one year; (3) Want of previous legal tender, or putting in mora; (4) Want…